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Timbre Concerts Presents: The Residents present SHADOWLAND Thursday April 14th, 2016 @ The Rio Theatre – 19+ Show/All General Admission Doors: 7:00pm, Screening 8:00pm, Performance to follow Tickets $35.00 (plus appl. s/c) advance available online at Ticketweb Also available at Red Cat, Zulu and Neptoon San Francisco experimental music and art collective, present a screening … Read more

Presented by EKAK Entertainment Comedian Abishek Kumar, one of Chennai’s most popular stand-up artistes, burst onto the scene with the now super-popular online alternative character, Mrs Janaki, was also recently seen in a cameo in Harish Kalyan-starrer Oh Manapenne! (2021). The theatre-artiste turned comic is also a regular on many OTT-based comedy shows including Comicstaan … Read more

Renowned economist Michael Hudson will discuss the foundations of the real estate crisis in Vancouver and what we can do about it, followed by a moderated dialogue. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), former Wall Street economist turned critic, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the … Read more

Celebrate Vancouver Pride with the hottest party in East Van, Dandy’s Pride Ball! Hosted by TikTok star @dandyandfriends, the Lavender Society (that’s you!) celebrates what it means to express yourself. It’s an evening about loving your community and loving yourself. With a bevvy of queer performers this interactive cabaret has burlesque, circus, drag, comedy! And … Read more

The Paper Kites w/ guest Doe Paoro THURS DEC 8th (JUST ADDED!) & FRIDAY, DEC 9th 19+ only / General Admission Seated Doors 7:00PM / Show 8:00PM Tickets (incl. GST) $25.00 + s/c Get Tickets: http://bit.ly/2asAoLb – The Paper Kites Online – Website: http://thepaperkites.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepaperkitesband Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepaperkites YouTube/VEVO: https://www.youtube.com/user/thepaperkitesband “It was wild to write … Read more

The Rio Theatre’s annual Oscar party returns, featuring the live televised broadcast of the 90th Annual Academy Awards. “If you think we screwed up the ending last year, wait until you see what we have planned for the 90th anniversary show!” – Jimmy Kimmel Oscars 2018 host As always – it’s live, and FREE! (Yes, … Read more

The Rio Theatre‘s annual Oscar party returns, featuring the live televised broadcast of the 98th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15. Conan O’Brien returns for his second time to host the annual event. Get ready for the best buttery popcorn Vancouver has to offer, in-house trivia, our own Oscar contest, as well as prizes … Read more

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) returns to the Rio Theatre in March for a curated selection of must-see adventure films featuring a lineup of adventure-inspiring, thought-provoking films. Watch stories of identities being carved out on the slopes, breathtaking mountain-sport achievements, and learn more about the wild spaces we’re so lucky to live and … Read more

Join the Lavender Society in their weirdest, wackiest cabaret yet! The Odd Ball is a cabaret of curiosities, oddities and peculiarities- sure to leave you saying, “How queer! How wonderful! Huzzah!”  In a celebration of all things bizarre, a group eccentric “experts of the unusual” will dazzle with burlesque, drag, circus and variety. The strangest … Read more